European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 7, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 29prop Pickin Stuttgart Munich double a gone the draw Down has hit Dodds football Stuttgart and Munich Are gone. So is the double a Competition leaving Only eight teams in the big schools program. They Are Pitburg Frankfurt Heidelberg Kaiserslautern Mannheim Ramstein Wiesbaden and Wurzburg. The other 22 teams will compete in four Small schools leagues simply designated As a East a West a North and a South. Those teams shunted from a the big leagues to the minors in the draw Down crunch include Nimberg now in a East Patch Hanau and Giessen All now in a West. There still will be however a big schools championship playoff series. Instead of the top two teams in aaa and a criss crossing opponents for semifinal games the top four teams in the big league will qualify for those games. The league Champion will play Host to team no. 4, and while the runners up and third place finishers vie oct. 31. The title game is nov. 8. The Small schools playoffs Are a Little More complicated. The a North and a South champions vie oct. 24 with the Winner taking on the . Champion oct. 31, the same Date the a East and a West winners meet. The Small schools championship game also is nov. 8, a sunday. A a a Munich and Stuttgart Are finishing their last campaigns As Dodds schools because of the draw Down a but there will be a new High school in Bavaria next year. Dodds officials announced recently that the facility at bad sibling will be expanded from a kindergarten through eighth Grade school to include the High school classes. Dodds Germany athletic coordinator Tom Leblanc said monday that the enrolment would be a around 37 students grades 9 through 12,�?� and that the school probably would compete on a Junior varsity level. However Fred Killian superintendent of the Stuttgart District in which bad sibling Falls told stars and stripes education writer Jimi Jones that the school will include a a full interscholastic sports program except for  bad sibling will open As the smallest Dodds High school Ever with its sub-40 enrolment next fall but will have at least one Veteran coach on hand. I have been told that Tom Willett and his wife Beverly have been offered and have accepted positions at bad sibling. Willetts Munich boys basketball teams won a Dodds record 232 games in 20 seasons. A a a except for the gymnasts who compete next week this will be the last regular season weekend for Dodds 1991-92 sports Competition. My How time has flown Sites of next weeks big schools soccer playoffs new Dodds Germany Bennor football format Pitburg Frankfurt Heidelberg Kaiserslautern Mannheim Ramstein Wiesbaden Wurzburg a North a South a East a wast Bonn accent Ansbach Bau Hoider Brussels bad Kreuz Nach Augsburg Fulda Hahn International school Bamberg Giessen osterholz of Brussels Berlin Hanau Oesterberg Karlsruhe Nurnberg Patch shape Vilseck we Brucken Ben Abrams featuring the top four boys and girls teams from aaa and a Are still up in the air. The boys compete on the pitch of the aaa Champion the girls do Battle at the a champions venue. A a Pitburg protest of the Patch girls Victory Over the Barons because of the use of an eligible player was recently upheld according to Patch and Jack Goldman. That decision reduced season finished patches Lead to the Point where expected Pitburg and Giessen victories Over Nimberg and Stuttgart respectively would create a three Way tie for first place Between Patch Pitburg and Giessen. That would leave the site of the big schools girls tourney still Way up in the air because Pitburg would have beaten Patch Patch would have beaten Giessen and Giessen would have beaten Pitburg. The Heidelberg girls who Are the Cream of the crop once again will go into the tournament Odds on favourites to retain their championship. The boys situation is a tight one but it might not take any miracles to resolve. Kaiserslautern leads with eight Points and a red raiders Victory Over Wurzburg gives them Home pitch. Ramstein and big schools defending Champion Heidelberg share second place with seven Points and Wiesbaden is fourth with six. However victories by Ramstein and Heidelberg coupled with a Kaiserslautern setback would give Ramstein and Heidelberg a share of the championship but would make Ramstein the Host team. The royals won the shootout after the two teams tied. We Brucken leads the a boys Chase but Pitburg and Mannheim would finish in a three Way tie with the trojans if Mannheim beats we Brucken in a head to head Battle and Pitburg prevails at Nimberg. Most of the Small schools conference Champis amps. Susan Harris on ships Are on the line in regular season finales this week too. Baum older has clinched a share of the a North boys title. In the girls race its Baum older and Fulda both 4-0-0, going toc to toc. In the a South the Ansbach boys Lead Berlin and Augsburg by a Point. The cougars should prevail because they face win less Bamberg while the bears and apaches go against each other. In the girls wars its Munich and Vilsick Matching perfect Marks at Munich. In the Bennor 1sb leads shape by a Point in the boys race and a Here we go again a it is another Battle of the undefeated As defending conference and Small schools Champion Bonn invades is. The conference champions qualify automatically for the Small schools championship scheduled May 21-23 in Berlin. So do the tournament champions. A North kickers vie at bad Kreuz Nach a South Hooters go at it at Augsburg and Bennor competitors take the pitch at Bonn. If the conference Winner also prevails in tourney strife the tourney run Crup advances. A As foul weather once again hampered the track and Field athletes last week and Only a few revisions had to be made in the stars and stripes Honor Roll. Maybe Well get a break from the Weatherman saturday and the athletes will prove their Mettle this time around As they make their final preparation for assaults on the records the next two weeks. A preview of the Central european girls distance races is on tap at Ramstein saturday when Bonn and Ramstein show up at Wiesbaden As part of the pentagonal meet that also includes Heidelberg and bad Kreuz Nach. Bonne a Tracey Losi who dominated the 800-, 1,500 and 3,000-Metcr races for two years before being forced to sit out last year because of basketball incurred injuries and Ramstein a Teri Duthie who swept the events last year Battle each other head to head for the first time on the Oval. They ran against each other in the 1991 Central european Cross country showdown last november Losi prevailing. The Star and Stolpa coaches comb country seeking players by Steven wine Coral Gables Fla. A . Coaches combed the country seeking players for the olympic baseball trials which is Why such Little known schools As Longwood College and Bishop state May be represented in Barcelona. From a list of  Hundred candidates head coach Ron Fraser invited 40 players tuesday to attend the trials june 8-14 in Millington Tenn. A a it a a very difficult process a said Fraser who relied heavily on the advice of other coaches and scouts. A a it a a very Large country and there a no Way we could go out and see All these players. But we think we did a pretty Good  the roster will be pared to 25 for a barnstorming tour that will include three games in Cuba. A final Cut to 20 players will be made before the team departs july 22 from Tampa for the first official olympic baseball olympic baseball tournament july 26-aug. 5 in Spain. A a they la be the youngest team and the least experienced but i guarantee you  make people in this country proud that this is their bal club a Fraser said. Baseball was a demonstration sport at the 1984 and �?T88 games and those . Teams included such future major league stars As Barry Larkin Mark Mcgwire will Clark Robin Ventura Jim Abbott and Andy Benes. Now team Usa offers a step toward stardom for such prospects As Michael Tucker a shortstop from Longwood College in Farmville va., and Ron Villone a left handed Pitcher from the University of Massachusetts. Pro scouts have told Fraser that Tucker could be the no. 1 pick in next months Amateur draft and Villone could be the first Pitcher taken. Another unheralded Prospect is Eddie Pearson a first baseman from Bishop state Junior College in Mobile Ala. Fraser has yet to see Pearson play but scouts rave about him. A fall i keep hearing from people is a wait until you see this Guy a a Fraser said. A soon everybody is going to know who Eddie Pearson  Fraser extended invitations to Only 10 of the 20 players that made up the third place . Team at last years pan american games in Havana. A i went Down there and saw people who did no to play Well and i said �?~1 done to want them a a Fraser said. Pan am team members invited to Millington include Catcher Charles Johnson of Miami third baseman Jason Giambi of Long Beach state infielder Chris Wim Mer of Wichita state outfielder Jeffrey Hammonds of Stanford and Utility Man Chris Roberts of Florida state. Fraser whose Miami hurricanes Are ranked no. 1, invited two players from his own team a Johnson and Pitcher Jeff Alkinc. Stanford and Urcla each had three players selected. Fraser expects up to 40 walk on at the trials. A a in a sure there Are players who will say a hey coach Fraser and his people missed me a a he said. A i Hope those people  the United states finished first in baseball at the 88 games but Fraser said Cuba Japan and puerto Rica will present formidable obstacles in Barcelona. A your goal is the win the Gold medal Quot he said. A but in realistic terms to win a medal would be a great